SouthPeak buys Gamecock

by Justin McElroy { Oct 14th 2008 at 8:55AM }

Tired of the pranks of Gamecock staffers, like rushing the stage when Ken Levine got his VGA or charging money for Hail to the Chimp? Well, it seems like you won't have them to kick around anymore: SouthPeak, the publisher of a slew of adventure games and some second-tier console releases, announced this morning that they had acquired the Gamecock Media Group.

With the frequency of consolidation in the industry, we're sad to see any independent company bought out, but this one sucks double, because CEO Mike Wilson is such an interesting character to have around. We only wish Gamecock had done their talking with their games instead of their comical hats.

Tags: gamecock, mike-wilson, southpeak

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JAH75157 @ Oct 14th 2008 9:06AM

this commercial crap that pops up has to stop. i know this post has nothing to do with this game cock article but that crap is driving me nuts.

Monkey Thing?!!? @ Oct 14th 2008 9:15AM

I got hit with it yesterday, but there was an adblock conflict, which crashed my browser, yay!

theturtle363 @ Oct 14th 2008 9:55AM

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deaftly @ Oct 14th 2008 10:09AM

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Will @ Oct 14th 2008 6:48PM

Running Google Chrome and haven't seen an intrusive ad yet.. just the normal side banners.

Gaucho @ Oct 14th 2008 9:08AM

Everything about this picture fills me with a rage that transcends the boundaries of a description with words. . .

Kizzle @ Oct 14th 2008 9:15AM

Good riddance. These guys never did anything besides essentially yell "HEY! WE'RE GAMECOCK!"

No one cares.

Saria the Cat @ Oct 14th 2008 9:21AM

...But their hats are so comical! :(

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Oct 14th 2008 9:42AM

I care. Therefore, your point is invalid.

ExMcCloud @ Oct 14th 2008 10:19AM

I dont care so I agree with him....But me saying I dont care is really saying I do care other wise I wouldn't have posted..............Wait?

Anyway those hats aren't comical they're stupid....Things stop being comical once your 40 in a chicken suit....It becomes Michael Jackson, He better stay away from the kids!

Comet @ Oct 14th 2008 9:18AM

Sad that they never did anything worthwile. Goodbye Gamecock wish I could miss you.

J.Goodwin @ Oct 14th 2008 9:24AM

I wonder whether this gives an out to the companies whose games they were publishing. Not sure how those agreements were structured, whether they were exclusive in the first place etc.

Any games already in development are likely up for review now. I feel bad for the development houses that signed up with these charlatans, because they're going through all the crazy uncertainty all over again.

I'm thinking about Wideload in particular, I wonder who they will become aligned with now. They're definitely one of those relatively small and very talented groups that seem to slip between the wheels and eventually get gobbled up by Sony.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Oct 14th 2008 9:38AM

That sucks. I really liked Gamecock. Sad to see them go.

Kizzle @ Oct 14th 2008 1:16PM

Yeah, with their amazing output of high-quality stuff, right?

Slaziman @ Oct 14th 2008 9:39AM

Worst name and marketing pic EVER

ExMcCloud @ Oct 14th 2008 10:21AM

Worst Gay Porn company EVAR!

jimmygotsmack @ Oct 14th 2008 10:53AM

Oooh, I get it now, their name was a metaphor for penis.

Monkey Thing?!!? @ Oct 14th 2008 9:50AM

So long as it doesn't screw with Mushroom Men, i don't care.

jimmygotsmack @ Oct 14th 2008 10:50AM

Who bought what now?

PojoMofo @ Oct 14th 2008 11:04AM

No name company #1 bought overrated game developer company #2

Got it?????

Mike @ Oct 14th 2008 11:42AM

Thank you, Southpeak, for putting these tools out of their misery.

Alzheimers @ Oct 14th 2008 11:57AM

What a waste!

Do you know how many *tacos* they could have bought with all that money?!?!

Joe @ Oct 14th 2008 12:08PM

I think this is good news no more hearing about Gamecock what a bad name. If the do keep the developers I hope they change the name because even if GC did help developers bring out some good games I did not buy the games because of the publisher who is GC and I would never want to have a game in my game library with that sick name.

So may be now Mushroom Man can have a new publisher name instead.